"Alright, well, first things first: I’m always right. Secondly, I know what I’m saying. It may not be soon, it may not be within the next five years, but your life will pan out. You know what I was doing before this? I worked on a farm. My family owned a farm, and I, as a child, went around putting fertilizer down. And look now, I am one of the greatest wizards of all time. There is always hope for things to get better. Always.
And don’t talk about hailstorms; the minute I was able to get off my family’s farm, I was thrust into a muggle war, only to come home to find that my mother and sisters were burned at the stake. Could you imagine? You come off a battle field with the Christians to find they’ve brutally murdered half your family?” He looked down for a moment, not having thought about that fact for a long time. He took a deep breath, “And yes, you do have fine mates. Lupin is very intelligent. Potter had his chance beneath the sorting hat. And that other fellow? What was his name? You’d think I’d know the four of you by now, he’s just so quiet…
You are good at this, Sirius. You are just as smart as Lupin, if only you’d apply yourself. Take twenty minutes out of your eventful day and read your textbooks instead of chatting up this one or that one.” He laughed at what she said her mother called her, shaking his head. “Yes, don’t remind me I’m trying to give advice to a muggle-lover. Listen, of all the people I have seen come through the Great Hall and leave, you have heart. You are strong, and smart, and though you may be a little off course now, I do believe there is hope for you to get back to your path. You can gain respect within the wizarding community, if only you set yourself straight.”
He was sure she wouldn’t realize exactly what he was saying, though possibly she would. He could afford either direction, though if she did, she may put everything he’d said previously null and void, which wouldn’t be good at all. “I did not such thing. But some…prostitutes…are grand, get taken across the world by lush celebrities. If you do go that direction, become a respectable one, not one you’d find in East London, yeah?
Trusting me is not an easy thing, I know. I’ve been known to do horrible things. But I doubt anyone else has taken the time to tell you any of this, so it would be in your best interest to trust me. Especially with what has been happening lately.
Rowena…is a catch, yes, but I prefer to think of her as less of a person and more of another professor, really. Besides, my heart lies at the bottom of the ocean if it is with her. Though if you asked her, she’d say I had no heart…” He laughed, shaking his head.
